[ 2021-02-15 ]

Club Fifty-50 donates GHS 10,000 to save a hole-in-heart child
A group of employees at the AngloGold Ashanti
Ghana (AGAG) Club Fifty-50 has donated an amount
of GH¢10,000 to the country`s National
Cardiothoracic Centre.

The said amount is to facilitate the surgery of a
5-years-old boy, Godwin Asare a resident of Obuasi
who is suffering from complete heart block which
stifles his normal breathing.

The Club’s president, Mr. Jacob Acquah said the
group decided to help Godwin when the Assembly
Member of Anyinam Community where the family of
Godwin Asare resides together with his Unit
Committee Members wrote to the group to solicit
financial support for the ailing boy.

An amount of €3,750 which is equivalent to
Gh¢27,000 is needed to complete the surgery to
correct anomalies in the boy`s breathing. The
father of the boy, Edward Asare in an interview
thanked Club Fifty 50 for coming to his child
aid.

He further extended his acknowledgment to the
editor of ObuasiToday.com, Charles Wudengba for
his support. He called on other philanthropists to
come to his family aid to complete the full
payment needed for Godwin Asare`s surgery

Background
Godwin Asare is suffering from a hole-in-heart
condition called Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
which was detected when he was just 4 months old.

After an open heart surgery at the Korle-Bu
Teaching Hospital in September 2019 which cost the
father US$6,000 (GHc34, 000), he developed another
condition called complete heart block which makes
his heartbeat too slow.

The Club
Club Fifty 50 was formed by a group of employees
of AngloGold Ashanti Ghana to support sustainable
programs to improve the health, educational, and
socio-economic wellbeing of residents of
communities in and around Obuasi, and in future
extend to other parts of the country.

They are currently made up of 108 members which
include employees from AGAG affiliated companies
(AGA Malaria Control, AGA Foundation Hospital),
Contractors, and individuals outside Ghana.

The Club aims at carrying out charitable
initiatives while contributing to the achievement
of the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs).

Source - Citinewsroom

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